In article , Mike Coslo
writes:
N2EY wrote:
In article . net, "Bill
Sohl"
writes:
Newsgroup BPL, Carl. If there is an upside to this sad state of
affairs, it is pretty easy to see who all is posting the acrimony and
avoid it.
- Mike KB3EIA -
I much agree...which is why I have stopped the
posting that I used to.
I also agree with Carl's concerns and would "HOPE" that enough
of us can just ignore the obvious dumb, stupid bickering about
individuals and personalities and just try to stay on topic.
Agreed, Bill. I find myself deleting most posts here, adn ignoring certain
regular posters because no matter how civilly they are approached, they
inevitably resort to name calling, false information and insults.
But what do we do about those who post information that is simply not true?
Do you reply to all the spam email that you get that promises you cheap
prescription drugs, some poor schmedlock from Nigeria needs YOU to
participate in some weird scam he's pulling off, or to increase the size
of little willie to gargantuan proportions?
You probably don't, I know I don't. Point is that 90 percent of the
email I get is worthless spam. I'm not going to control it, and my
option is therefore to opt out of email if I really can't handle it.
This newsgroup has a higher s/n ratio than my personal email.
If we approach the newsgroup noise as spam, it might make it a little
easier to handle.
Do you think that any of us can modify Len's behavior?
Why do you think anyone's "behavior" needs modification?
Consider that the few clues of just written words are not always
interpreted the same by different human beans.
Some folks cannot write well. Others can. A very few others
have considerable practice with writing in many different venues.
Individual perception needs honing in written-only environments.
Or Steve or
Brian's? Not hardly likely! I don't even want to. I like 'em all just
the way they are.
I don't think you "like" them, but that's beside the point. :-)
Since Arpanet started, since Usenet spun off of Arpanet, since
BBSs emulated both and, finally, Internet took over for the majority
of computer-modem communication, and the behavior patterns
have all been the same. Some folks think their magnificent
words are golden words of wisdom from veritable gods and are,
as Hans Brakob once pointed out, filled with murderous rage at
any who DARE challenge that magnificence! A verbal firefight
then erupts from the furious volcano of the noble slighted.
If a person has problems with what they post, they can
avoid reading them.
Extremely easy for normal folks. Most browsers will just skip
to the next message with the Enter/Return key.
Obsessive-compulsives with a Fight! attitude cannot skip them.
Not a hard thing to do, as aside from Brian changing
his addy to avoid spam, they aren't disguising themselves.
Anyone with some normal practice in reading can see the word,
phrase, syntactic structure of individuals and thus identify them.
[that's much easier than the alleged "fist" of telegraphers...
there are far more clues to identities with written languages]
However, individual emotions can override such identitification
clues, particularly true of obsessive-compulsives with some sort
of grudge bias...or they need the cathartic effects of safely tossing
snit on others as a relief from daily frustrations away from the
newsgroups. [time and distance separation insures no risk from
physical retribution, hence so many, usually new modemists,
will toss away normal social manners and let their inner rages
predominate] Those who've been members of social types of
Bulletin Board Systems will know this by experience of
comparing on-screen appearance with in-person identity clues
and spoken communication, the in-person identification offering
many more clues to the inside workings of others.
Meanwhile, back at the raunch, there's still 4 petitions alive for
comments at the FCC. While the ECFS is in standby over the
weekend, it's hard to see who contributed on Saturday or Sunday,
but I don't see many rrap-ers' names in the ECFS listings. Not
enough "dedication and committment to the amateur community?"
:-)
LHA / WMD
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